Hyderabad:India’s electronics exports have crossed $ 40 billion in the last 11 years, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. He said this is an eight-fold growth. He also said that the domestic electronics production has gone up by six times.
Addressing the 14th Convocation of IIT Hyderabad, where 1,273 students secured their degrees in different engineering streams, he said, ““When the nation faces its biggest challenge from water scarcity to digital ethics, it is the engineers we look to.” Even as the ceremonial oath was taken, promising integrity, responsibility, and service, the larger message from the dais remained clear: India’s engineers must become its problem-solvers. “Technology without empathy is incomplete,” the Union minister reminded them.
The event at IITH, Kandi campus, saw 460 candidates being awarded BTech, 511 MTech (drawn from regular, online, executive, and dual degree routes), 98 students given degrees from MSc stream and 134 candidates bagging PhDs. For the first time, interdisciplinary graduates were awarded degrees in the newly launched programmes such as BTech in biotechnology and bioinformatics, computational engineering, and industrial chemistry and MTech in quantum and solid-state devices and sustainable engineering. The institute also awarded first PhD in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in deep-tech research.
Meanwhile, the President’s Gold Medal for the highest CGPA in BTech was awarded to Rahul Ramachandran from computer science (CGPA 9.89). He also addressed fellow graduates in a short speech. Other gold medals of the institution went to Ajith B.S. (MTech, CGPA 9.98), Harmanpreet Singh (MSc, CGPA 9.94), and Rishitha Mudunuri (BTech, 9.22) for academic and co-curricular excellence.
In his address, IITH director Prof B.S. Murty outlined the institute’s growth trajectory, noting that it had received Institute of National Eminence status and recorded its highest-ever annual R&D funding in 2024–25. “This is a reflection of our intense focus on high-impact research, particularly in AI, quantum technologies, and sustainable systems,” he said.
The atmosphere was charged with energy at the event. The proud families and the candidates were not just clicking cameras to take selfies, they were on cloud nine as many of the passouts have already secured placements in leading global firms or committed to research fellowships or higher studies.
